#I'm not saying my au is like the only au with giant monstrosities that ruined everything

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What if at some point, ink met his original self and the other characters from the perseverance au.

What would be their reaction? Would some characters end up in a fight or some end up getting to be friends?

I'm sorry, I don't know if I understand this question exactly. But, from what I can gather, it sounds like what would the Perseverance au characters' reactions be to meeting their "canon" selves? That is an interesting question! One I actually thought a lil about >:)

S o. A lot of the characters' reactions from the Perseverance au would be uh... Let's just say, are you familiar with forbidden knowledge and how obtaining such knowledge would drive someone mad?

Well, y e a h. I think the majority of my au characters would lose their mind upon discovering the multiverse and all that entails. After all, exposing mere, ordinary souls from an au to such a grand revelation is unlikely to have positive, lasting effects on their psyche.

I think this "being driven mad" outcome will unfortunately affect all of my au characters. So, Dream, Blue, Asgore, everybody. This might be doubly so for characters that I made up? Like, my ocs basically: Oren, Boris, Mary, etc. Imagine finding out that the multiverse is real, but you aren't present in like... any other universe. That would mess with your head big time.

S o o o... unfortunately, on account of "going absolutely insane," not many Perseverance au variants would retain their sanity long enough to actually interact with their "canon" selves. H o w e v e r. I think a character like Dr. Gaster would actually have a field day. He might be driven insane in a different way; go on his mad scientist arc trying to discover all the secrets of the multiverse and his alternate selves... however morally gray that might be.

N o w. Perseverance Ink??? He probably would be driven insane too, 'cus let's be honest. Imagine living in his world for a change and then discovering, y o, the multiverse is actually real AND you are the protector of it with heavy implications that you were sort of forced into the role whether you wanted it or not. Oh, and "you're" just flat out soulless now instead of just having a messed up one. F u n.

But I like to think he's a bit... more open-minded than that. Maybe after a bit of hyperventilating and having the wildest mind-warp his brain ever went on, Perseverance Ink just then. Calms down. Shuts his brain off. Decides, "Okie dokie, alright. Okay. The multiverse is a thing and 'I'm' the protector of it. Cool." I mean, when you get down to the nitty gritty, his world is kind of a mind-warp too, right? In the grand scheme of things, stuff he just accepts as fact don't make sense. Giant monstrosities that showed up out of nowhere and ended the world?? Y e a h, doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Canon Ink kinda just. Stands there, blinking at him, maybe mid-waving his hands because he was trying to calm Perseverance Ink down before he just did it himself. Then he's like, "Oh! Neat, you're, uh... Fixed now. Are you good...? No, uh, going insane anymore hopefully...?"

Perseverance Ink just gives a thumbs up, facial expression painfully neutral, "Yep, I'm okay." He then puts a thoughtful hand to his chin, "I... might have probably seen stranger things than just 'the multiverse is actually real,' now that I think about it."

Canon Ink blinks, then lets out a laugh, "Oh my stars, yeah, you're probably right about that! Come, oh my gosh, you have to see this, okay-" He effortlessly glides over to somewhere in the Doodle Sphere since he's used to the zero gravity, while it takes Perseverance Ink some squirming and odd movement to do the same.

He then gestures outward, to a whole bunch of floating papers that Perseverance Ink is still wrapping his head around what they really are, "Your AU is weird. It took me so long to know where to, like... stick it. It's, you know, obviously scary with all those-" Canon Ink breaks off with a shudder and semi-disgusted look, "Things. So I had to decide, 'H m m, does it go with the scary AUs or the romance AUs?' 'Cus like, it's also got such cute, romantic stuff and I just really had to make the call and-"

He abruptly breaks off, looking over his shoulder at Perseverance Ink, who is just giving him a... very confused, if not slightly perturbed, look. Canon Ink then clears his throat and lets out a nervous laugh, "Never mind that! I guess your timeline isn't up to that point yet- I mean! Never mind 'timelines' either, what's that? You don't need to know that, just- Let's just say I ultimately decided to slap your AU with the other scary ones 'cus I thought that made the most sense."

Perseverance Ink kinda just. Looks around at the "scary aus," not really knowing whether to feel depressed his world is lumped in with those or validated. He then goes, "Uh... Ink?" feeling v e r y weird he's essentially saying his own name.

Canon Ink spins around, beaming smile on his face, "Yep!"

Perseverance Ink glances away, taking a moment to compose his words since he isn't even sure how to ask this question, "Do... the other worlds here..." He gestures around to all these papers surrounding them that supposedly contain entire worlds, "Do they... Are they all like... mine?"

Canon Ink's eyes change into question marks and he looks really confused, "Uh, what do you mean?"

Perseverance Ink looks down at his hands before hesitantly back up at Canon Ink, "Are all the other worlds overrun by Beasts too?"

It takes Canon Ink a bit to respond, face going blank as Perseverance Ink assumes it takes him that long to process what he said. Then, Canon Ink just belly laughs and hunches over in the air, absolutely wheezing. He then floats over and smacks Perseverance Ink on the shoulder, bringing him into a hug as he breathlessly wheezes, "No! Oh my stars, no! Yours seems to be like... the exception. There isn't a ton like yours, there's only a select few with like, zombies, giant monsters, and other things, see?" He points to a small cluster of papers that Perseverance Ink assumes his world is lumped in with because they have the same requirement of "giant monstrosities that took over the world."

A small smile crosses Perseverance Ink's face, relieved not every world out there has to deal with the same reality he has to, "Oh, wow. Good, that's good. I'm really glad."

Canon Ink releases him from the hug and wipes a tear from under his eye, "Thanks, Ink, you're funny-" He breaks off before chuckling awkwardly, "It's... weird saying my own name like that, you know? Since we're both named the same thing."

"Yeah... I suppose you can call me something else? Like... a little nickname, I guess? I don't mind."

Canon Ink just tilts his head, "Are you sure? It's your name too, I don't want to-"

Perseverance Ink shrugs, "I mean, you're the... 'original,' right? It only makes sense that you have the name first."

Canon Ink glances elsewhere, gesturing with a hand as he seems to almost be talking to himself, "Well, asides from all the semantics of what truly makes an 'original' from either a multiversal or AU standpoint-" He then claps his hands together, "Okay! So, hmm, let me think..."

His eyes change into stars and he exclaims, "I know! I'm going to call you 'Willow,' since you're gentle, soft-spoken, and stand steadfast just like a willow tree!"

Perseverance Ink or... 'Willow' just blinks, as he is doubtful he would describe himself that way, before chuckling, "Yeah, okay, I suppose that makes sense."

Canon Ink laughs and pulls 'Willow' into a hug, "Great! Then we won't have to be confused anymore! Now-" He whips out his own Broomie, grinning, "What kind of neat stuff do you have on your Broomie? I like to dress up mine too for the holidays and stuff! Even if it gets irritated at that sometimes-"

Thus, a friendship was born ✧˖°. A non-canon friendship. But close enough that if they ever met, I imagine their interaction going this way. Ink then makes a game out of trying to name everyone in the Perseverance au a plant/tree name, to keep up with the "Willow" motif he accidentally set. So far, he calls Error "Cedar," Dream "Daffodil", Blue "Bluebell," and Boris "Oaky." Because "Oak" was not 'cute enough' in his opinion.

Perseverance Ink doesn't know what to make of that.